A seemingly sunny aerobics tape is secretly the key to accessing Hell—with the completion of five devilish tasks—in the short film Satanic Panic ’87, which you can watch in its entirety right here on Daily Dead.
Written, directed, and edited by Bryan M. Ferguson, Satanic Panic ’87 stars Arran Totten, Yuki Sutton, Amy Clydesdale, and Yoshie Campbell.
"Commissioned by Channel 4’s Random Acts and programmed by Film4 for their FilmFear season 2019.
Synopsis: It’s 1987 and two metalheads have opened a gateway to hell when following the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.
Writer/Editor/Director: Bryan M. Ferguson
Producer: Aidan O’Mara
Cinematographer: George Harwood
Digital Effects: Vari Ferguson
Art Dept: Nathan Elliott
Make-Up and Prosthetics Artist: Laura McGowan
Sound Recordist: Jonny McLoone
Music: Alex Mackay
1st A.C.: Ross Elliott
Aerobics Videographer: Jimmy Gage
Commissioning Editor: Catherine Bray
Commissioning Assistant: Jake Cunningham
Runners: Misha McCullagh and Matt Cairns...
Written, directed, and edited by Bryan M. Ferguson, Satanic Panic ’87 stars Arran Totten, Yuki Sutton, Amy Clydesdale, and Yoshie Campbell.
"Commissioned by Channel 4’s Random Acts and programmed by Film4 for their FilmFear season 2019.
Synopsis: It’s 1987 and two metalheads have opened a gateway to hell when following the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.
Writer/Editor/Director: Bryan M. Ferguson
Producer: Aidan O’Mara
Cinematographer: George Harwood
Digital Effects: Vari Ferguson
Art Dept: Nathan Elliott
Make-Up and Prosthetics Artist: Laura McGowan
Sound Recordist: Jonny McLoone
Music: Alex Mackay
1st A.C.: Ross Elliott
Aerobics Videographer: Jimmy Gage
Commissioning Editor: Catherine Bray
Commissioning Assistant: Jake Cunningham
Runners: Misha McCullagh and Matt Cairns...
- 12/17/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
1981: Another World's Cecile and Jamie were held captive.
1986: The Young and the Restless' Sven charmed Katherine.
1994: All My Children's Erica broke down at Mona's grave.
2002: Barbara interrupted Hal and Emily's wedding on As the World Turns'."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1969: On The Doctors, amnesiac Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) realized she was becoming good friends with the husband she didn't remember, Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon).
1980: On Texas, Reena Cook (Carla Borelli) was pleased when Kevin (Lee Patterson) vowed to make their marriage...
1986: The Young and the Restless' Sven charmed Katherine.
1994: All My Children's Erica broke down at Mona's grave.
2002: Barbara interrupted Hal and Emily's wedding on As the World Turns'."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1969: On The Doctors, amnesiac Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) realized she was becoming good friends with the husband she didn't remember, Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon).
1980: On Texas, Reena Cook (Carla Borelli) was pleased when Kevin (Lee Patterson) vowed to make their marriage...
- 8/12/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
A plug for commercial exterminators everywhere, William Alland’s titanic hairy spider provided plenty of chills for 1950s drive-ins, delivering exactly the naïve monster thrills teenagers craved. John Agar and Mara Corday do what they can with the clunker script and Jack Arnold’s direction, while Leo G. Carroll saves face by retreating below a rubber mask that makes him look like Droopy Dog. But for fans that like their monsters as big as the Great Outdoors, Clifford Stine and David Horsley’s startling special effects provide a spider-verse of sensational, surreal insect fear.
Tarantula
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1955 / B&W / 1:75 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date April, 2019 / 29,99
Starring: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott, Edwin Rand, Raymond Bailey, Hank Patterson.
Cinematography: George Robinson
Special Optical Effects and Cinematography: Clifford Stine, David S. Horsley
Original Music: Herman Stein, Henry Mancini
Written by Jack Arnold, Robert M. Fresco,...
Tarantula
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1955 / B&W / 1:75 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date April, 2019 / 29,99
Starring: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott, Edwin Rand, Raymond Bailey, Hank Patterson.
Cinematography: George Robinson
Special Optical Effects and Cinematography: Clifford Stine, David S. Horsley
Original Music: Herman Stein, Henry Mancini
Written by Jack Arnold, Robert M. Fresco,...
- 4/16/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
1981: Another World's Cecile and Jamie were held captive.
1986: The Young and the Restless' Sven charmed Katherine.
1994: All My Children's Erica broke down at Mona's grave.
2002: As the World Turns' Barbara interrupted Hal and
Emily's wedding."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1969: On The Doctors, amnesiac Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) realized she was becoming good friends with the husband she didn't remember, Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon).
1980: On Texas, Reena Cook (Carla Borelli) was pleased when Kevin (Lee Patterson) vowed to make their marriage work regardless of living in Houston or Bay City.
1981: On Another World,...
1986: The Young and the Restless' Sven charmed Katherine.
1994: All My Children's Erica broke down at Mona's grave.
2002: As the World Turns' Barbara interrupted Hal and
Emily's wedding."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1969: On The Doctors, amnesiac Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) realized she was becoming good friends with the husband she didn't remember, Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon).
1980: On Texas, Reena Cook (Carla Borelli) was pleased when Kevin (Lee Patterson) vowed to make their marriage work regardless of living in Houston or Bay City.
1981: On Another World,...
- 8/12/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Peter Hansen, who for decades played General Hospital legal eagle Lee Baldwin, died on Sunday at age 95.
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
- 4/11/2017
- TVLine.com
There are two major sides to the film noir coin, as I see it – the psychological and the practical. Now, the practical noir is fairly straightforward; maybe a detective has to solve a crime, or someone gets themselves in over their head with some scheme gone wrong. There’s a problem to be solved, and the protagonist either overcomes or becomes consumed by it. Double Indemnity, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Night and the City, The Killing, and The Maltese Falcon fit into this section rather well. The psychological noir uses genre tropes to investigate someone’s soul, usually stemming from their nearness to sin and death. Scarlet Street, Laura, Female on the Beach, The Chase, Sunset Boulevard, and Kiss Me Deadly fit the bill. Obviously films in each use elements of the other to shade the characters or move the story along, but the texture and flavor is notably distinct,...
- 7/19/2016
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
By Tim Greaves
(The following reviews pertain to the UK Region 2 releases)
When I'm in the right mood I adore bit of film noir. I admire the diversity of its storytelling, I love every facet, from the hardboiled private eyes, duplicitous dames and characters that seldom turn out to be what they first appear, to the alleyways bathed in inky shadows, ramshackle apartments and half-lit street corners they inhabit. How can you not get drawn in by the sheer delight of Edward G Robinson playing a second rate psychic trying to convince the authorities he can see the future in The Night Has a Thousand Eyes? Or amnesiac John Hodiak on a mission to discover his own identity, in the process getting embroiled in a 3-year-old murder case and the search for a missing $2 million in Somewhere in the Night? Yes, indeed, there's nothing quite like a hearty serving of...
(The following reviews pertain to the UK Region 2 releases)
When I'm in the right mood I adore bit of film noir. I admire the diversity of its storytelling, I love every facet, from the hardboiled private eyes, duplicitous dames and characters that seldom turn out to be what they first appear, to the alleyways bathed in inky shadows, ramshackle apartments and half-lit street corners they inhabit. How can you not get drawn in by the sheer delight of Edward G Robinson playing a second rate psychic trying to convince the authorities he can see the future in The Night Has a Thousand Eyes? Or amnesiac John Hodiak on a mission to discover his own identity, in the process getting embroiled in a 3-year-old murder case and the search for a missing $2 million in Somewhere in the Night? Yes, indeed, there's nothing quite like a hearty serving of...
- 7/10/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
What in the world -- an A + top-rank film noir gem hiding under the radar, and rescued (most literally) by the Film Noir Foundation. Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe trade dialogue as good as any in a film from 1950 -- it's a thriller with a cynical worldview yet a sentimental personal outlook. Woman on the Run Blu-ray + DVD Flicker Alley / FIlm Noir Foundation 1950 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 79 min. / Street Date May 17, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, Jane Liddell, Joan Fulton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Reiko Sato. Cinematography Hal Mohr Art Direction Boris Leven Film Editor Otto Ludwig Original Music Arthur Lange, Emil Newman Written by Alan Campbell, Norman Foster, Sylvia Tate Produced by Howard Welsch, Ann Sheridan Directed by Norman Foster
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Amazing! Just when one thinks one won't see another top-rank film noir, the...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Amazing! Just when one thinks one won't see another top-rank film noir, the...
- 5/24/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Woman on the Run
Written by Alan Campbell and Norman Foster
Directed by Norman Foster
U.S.A., 1950
It is a quaint evening as Frank Johnson (Ross Elliot) walks his dog in a San Francisco park. None too far away arrives a car with two occupants, one whose face seen and another the driver’s whose face is concealed from the viewer. The driver suddenly shoots and murders his companion and, upon noticing Frank’s presence, takes fire at the passerby before leaving the premise. Having taken refuge from the bullets, Frank security is short lived, as the police explain later on that the departed was none other but a key witness in a ongoing trial against a major local gangster. Frank is now an eyewitness to a murder and the new target of those who wish to see the infamous mobster walk away free. Perturbed by his predicament, the man flees the police,...
Written by Alan Campbell and Norman Foster
Directed by Norman Foster
U.S.A., 1950
It is a quaint evening as Frank Johnson (Ross Elliot) walks his dog in a San Francisco park. None too far away arrives a car with two occupants, one whose face seen and another the driver’s whose face is concealed from the viewer. The driver suddenly shoots and murders his companion and, upon noticing Frank’s presence, takes fire at the passerby before leaving the premise. Having taken refuge from the bullets, Frank security is short lived, as the police explain later on that the departed was none other but a key witness in a ongoing trial against a major local gangster. Frank is now an eyewitness to a murder and the new target of those who wish to see the infamous mobster walk away free. Perturbed by his predicament, the man flees the police,...
- 4/11/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Gene Kirkwood is one of those true originals which are hard to come by these days within the film industry. A legend in his own right, he’s produced the likes of Rocky, New York New York, the Pope of Greenwich Village, The Keep and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Originally an actor, Kirkwood then moved into producing and intends to do it “’til [he] drops”. Recently he and producing partner Ross Elliot folded their production company into Bitesize Networks, with the intention to create cutting-edge new content across a variety of platforms.
Kirkwood’s view on the industry is a refreshing one, and in the interview was prone to go off on tangents this writer was enjoying too much to divert. Read on for an insight into a fascinating personality that celebrates everything British, his admiration of Harvey Weinstein, his slew of exciting new projects and reveals things about the...
Kirkwood’s view on the industry is a refreshing one, and in the interview was prone to go off on tangents this writer was enjoying too much to divert. Read on for an insight into a fascinating personality that celebrates everything British, his admiration of Harvey Weinstein, his slew of exciting new projects and reveals things about the...
- 11/16/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (photo: Madeleine Carroll and Jeanne Crain in ‘The Fan’) (See also: "Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.") Unlike her characters in Margie, Home in Indiana, State Fair, Centennial Summer, The Fan, and Cheaper by the Dozen (and its sequel, Belles on Their Toes), or even in the more complex A Letter to Three Wives and People Will Talk, Jeanne Crain didn’t find a romantic Happy Ending in real life. In the mid-’50s, Crain accused her husband, former minor actor Paul Brooks aka Paul Brinkman, of infidelity, of living off her earnings, and of brutally beating her. The couple reportedly were never divorced because of their Catholic faith. (And at least in the ’60s, unlike the humanistic, progressive-thinking Margie, Crain was a “conservative” Republican who supported Richard Nixon.) In the early ’90s, she lost two of her...
- 8/26/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar-winning cinematographer Caleb Deschanel is set to direct the Elvis Presley biopic "Growing Up Graceland" for BiteSize Entertainment.
The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Robert Boris penned the script based on David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book "Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice".
David Stanley, Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce. Shooting begins later this year.
The project marks Deschanel's third film following 1982's "The Escape Artist" and 1988's "Crusoe". In the 25 years since "Crusoe," Deschanel has helmed episodes of TV shows ranging from "Twin Peaks" to "Bones".
Source: Screen...
The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Robert Boris penned the script based on David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book "Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice".
David Stanley, Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce. Shooting begins later this year.
The project marks Deschanel's third film following 1982's "The Escape Artist" and 1988's "Crusoe". In the 25 years since "Crusoe," Deschanel has helmed episodes of TV shows ranging from "Twin Peaks" to "Bones".
Source: Screen...
- 8/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
BiteSize Entertainment has optioned the film rights to David E. Stanley and Dr. David Gruder’s "Conversations With the King: Journals of a Young Apprentice" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story focuses on Stanley’s 17-year relationship with Elvis Presley, his stepbrother and mentor. Stanley moved into Presley’s home at Graceland when he was 4 years old, and Presley quickly became his father figure.
He grew up to become of one Presley’s aides, and Presley is said to have confided in him his spiritual search for meaning during the final years of his life.
The film itself will go by the title "Growing Up Graceland". Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce.
The story focuses on Stanley’s 17-year relationship with Elvis Presley, his stepbrother and mentor. Stanley moved into Presley’s home at Graceland when he was 4 years old, and Presley quickly became his father figure.
He grew up to become of one Presley’s aides, and Presley is said to have confided in him his spiritual search for meaning during the final years of his life.
The film itself will go by the title "Growing Up Graceland". Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce.
- 8/29/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The King of Rock 'n' Roll is coming back in a new film from BiteSize Entertainment. Ron Bloom's multi-platform entertainment studio announced on Tuesday that it will adapt "Conversations with the King: Journals of a Young Apprentice," a book detailing David E. Stanley's 17-year relationship with Elvis Presley, into a feature film. Stanley moved into Graceland at the age of four, and Elvis, his stepbrother, served as both father figure and mentor. Stanley and David Gruder then turned his story into "Conversations." Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot, who lead BiteSize's film production studio,...
- 8/28/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
BiteSize Entertainment has optioned the rights to David E. Stanley and Dr. David Gruder’s Conversations With the King: Journals of a Young Apprentice and plan to adapt it into a movie about Elvis Presley called Growing Up Graceland. The film will be produced through BiteSize’s feature film production arm, led by Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot. The movie will focus on Stanley’s 17-year relationship with Presley, his stepbrother and mentor. Stanley moved into Presley’s home at Graceland when he was 4 years old, and Presley quickly became his father figure. He grew up to become of one Presley’s aides,
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- 8/28/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following a busy week of sales and acquisitions at Cannes, here's a round-up of some of the more interesting and noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of in-development titles:
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole's popular posthumous tale of a cynical slob named Ignatius J. Reilly has been one of those "development hell" projects we thought would never get made. But, we said the same thing about The Watchmen once and Karouac's On the Road, which recently premiered at Cannes. So, never say never. Muppets director James Bobin is reportedly in talks with Paramount to finally bring this book that once had Steven Soderbergh attached to helm, to the big screen with Zach Galifianakis as the lead.
Jane Got a Gun – Natalie Portman is set to star in this Western drama for Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin). Written by Black List finalist Brian Duffield, the film centers on a woman trying to defend her homestead when a posse comes after her outlaw husband.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen – Colin Firth's taking on yet another historic role, albeit a more whimsical one than King George VI. The Oscar winner has been tapped to play British playwright and showman Noel Coward in this comedy about the entertainer's stint as a Vegas performer (filling in for an ailing Liberace) during the 1950s. Ross Elliot and Gene Kirkwood produce with a script by Willy Holtzman.
Untitled Wes Anderson Project – Hot off his Cannes' standing ovation for Moonrise Kingdom (and a record-breakingdebut at the box office) indie maven Wes Anderson plans to reunite with his old pal Owen Wilson in his next film, which has already been written and hopes to begin filming by the end of the year.
Bone In The Throat – On the eve of landing his CNN-hosting gig, bad boy chef, world traveller and Kitchen Confidential scribe Anthony Bourdain has optioned his latest best seller to Dignity Film's Maggie Monteith to produce along with Lenny Beckerman and Peter Heslop.
If you know of something in the works, please consider submitting it for listing it via our online submission form.
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole's popular posthumous tale of a cynical slob named Ignatius J. Reilly has been one of those "development hell" projects we thought would never get made. But, we said the same thing about The Watchmen once and Karouac's On the Road, which recently premiered at Cannes. So, never say never. Muppets director James Bobin is reportedly in talks with Paramount to finally bring this book that once had Steven Soderbergh attached to helm, to the big screen with Zach Galifianakis as the lead.
Jane Got a Gun – Natalie Portman is set to star in this Western drama for Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin). Written by Black List finalist Brian Duffield, the film centers on a woman trying to defend her homestead when a posse comes after her outlaw husband.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen – Colin Firth's taking on yet another historic role, albeit a more whimsical one than King George VI. The Oscar winner has been tapped to play British playwright and showman Noel Coward in this comedy about the entertainer's stint as a Vegas performer (filling in for an ailing Liberace) during the 1950s. Ross Elliot and Gene Kirkwood produce with a script by Willy Holtzman.
Untitled Wes Anderson Project – Hot off his Cannes' standing ovation for Moonrise Kingdom (and a record-breakingdebut at the box office) indie maven Wes Anderson plans to reunite with his old pal Owen Wilson in his next film, which has already been written and hopes to begin filming by the end of the year.
Bone In The Throat – On the eve of landing his CNN-hosting gig, bad boy chef, world traveller and Kitchen Confidential scribe Anthony Bourdain has optioned his latest best seller to Dignity Film's Maggie Monteith to produce along with Lenny Beckerman and Peter Heslop.
If you know of something in the works, please consider submitting it for listing it via our online submission form.
- 5/29/2012
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Although still reeling from the failed domestic launch of “Battleship,” Universal still believes in the premise of toys-as-movies, and has entered negotiations to acquire the rights to Lego's robotic toy line Hero Factory. The writing duo behind 2010’s “Predators,” Michael Finch and Alex Litvak, will pen the script. [THR]
Brett Ratner is the latest filmmaker to head to Asia for his next project, teaming up with South Korea-based Cj Entertainment to develop an East-meets-West buddy action-adventure franchise called “The Golden Age.” He’s looking to produce and direct the first entry, titled “The Golden Age: The Lost Treasure of Zheng He.” [Variety]
“Act Of Valor” co-director Scott Waugh is adding to his slate, planning to helm the adaptation of the video game series “Need For Speed” for DreamWorks. The film, written by George Gatins, is being positioned as a tentpole franchise in the vein of the “Fast and the Furious” films.
Brett Ratner is the latest filmmaker to head to Asia for his next project, teaming up with South Korea-based Cj Entertainment to develop an East-meets-West buddy action-adventure franchise called “The Golden Age.” He’s looking to produce and direct the first entry, titled “The Golden Age: The Lost Treasure of Zheng He.” [Variety]
“Act Of Valor” co-director Scott Waugh is adding to his slate, planning to helm the adaptation of the video game series “Need For Speed” for DreamWorks. The film, written by George Gatins, is being positioned as a tentpole franchise in the vein of the “Fast and the Furious” films.
- 5/24/2012
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
New entertainment venture BiteSize Entertainment announced its launch Friday in Cannes with several feature-film projects, including a movie about embattled News Corp. exec Rebekah Brooks. The company also is developing the Bob Odenkirk-directed dark comedy "Girlfriends Day" and the Willy Holtzman-penned drama "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," which will star Colin Firth as Noel Coward during his two weeks at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. BiteSize is the creation of Mevio chairman and CEO Ron Bloom and producers Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot, whose Kirkwood-Elliot Productions banner will supply films for theatrical release. The new company aims to become "a modern, vertically integrated entertainment studio that spans multiple platforms," according to a release, including everything from short films and series to feature-length content that can be leveraged using Mevio’s pre-existing online network. BiteSize plans to produce four to...
- 5/19/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
From King George VI to… Noel Coward. Rare is the instance in which those two are grouped together, but Colin Firth will act as the binding tie with Mad Dogs and Englishmen, a biographical picture, of sorts, that Ross Elliot and Gene Kirkwood are producing through their newest business venture, Bitesize.
But you don’t care all too much about the producing credits. What you’ll want to know — and what I’m about to tell you — pertains to the screenplay, written by Willy Holtzman, and which focuses on the legendary actor’s time in Las Vegas performing a two-week cabaret show, an opportunity that was only made possible by the unforeseen injuring of Liberace. Dramatically-speaking, the meat of the film will emphasize relationships Coward had with both his agent and piano teacher; a certain tax evasion on the actor’s part — the whole reason he agreed to this job — might also create some conflict.
But you don’t care all too much about the producing credits. What you’ll want to know — and what I’m about to tell you — pertains to the screenplay, written by Willy Holtzman, and which focuses on the legendary actor’s time in Las Vegas performing a two-week cabaret show, an opportunity that was only made possible by the unforeseen injuring of Liberace. Dramatically-speaking, the meat of the film will emphasize relationships Coward had with both his agent and piano teacher; a certain tax evasion on the actor’s part — the whole reason he agreed to this job — might also create some conflict.
- 5/19/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The story of Rebekah Brooks, the former CEO of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper unit that is at the center of the phone hacking scandal, is in development as a feature film. The film is one of the first projects of BiteSize Entertainment, a multiplatform entertainment studio unveiled in Cannes by Ron Bloom, CEO of online video site Mevio, and producer Gene Kirkwood (Rocky, New York, New York). Photos: Cannes 2012: Day 2 in Pictures Kirkwood and producing partner Ross Elliot are folding their independent film production firm Kirkwood-Elliot Productions into the new venture and making it the
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- 5/18/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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